From Reuters: Some fishermen in the Mediterranean are reportedly exceeding their limits on bluefin tuna, sea bass and other species in an effort to meet high demand from Europe’s upscale restaurants, …

The annual list of the world’s 50 best restaurants, put together by the London-based Restaurant magazine and sponsored by Pellegrino, is out for 2011. The big shock: Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry …

The Olde Shaker Inn, which has occupied a former farmhouse at 1171 Troy-Schenectady Road in Latham for almost 21 years, will close after dinner service on Friday, June 11, owner Thom Wallace tells me. …